Not a fan of running?
Looking to change things up?
Try one of these eight workouts to lose weight and burn up to twice as many calories as running!
One of the finest exercises for both physical and mental health is running.
Running isn’t for everyone, but it’s a wonderful workout if burning calories is your objective.
I have some excellent news for you if running is not your thing.
To enhance fat reduction, there are a variety of workouts that burn a lot more calories than jogging. Go on reading!
These workouts all burn more calories than the 10 that the average person burns when jogging, sometimes even twice as much.
To burn up to twice as much fat as running, try these 8 activities.
1. Kettlebell Exercises
In a previous piece, I discussed the advantages of kettlebell movements and the absurdly high number of calories they burn.
It lists 8 kettlebell workouts that will help you tone your body, gain strength, and boost your cardio while burning up to 20.2 calories per minute!
2. Burpees
Burpees are one of the finest workouts you can do if you don’t have a lot of time since they are very effective.
You’ll sweat even after only a few minutes of burpees since they engage your entire body and efficiently combine strength training with an increase in heart rate.
The movement is easy to learn if you’ve never done burpees. Beginning with a squat, kick your feet backward, step your hands down into a push-up stance, bring your feet back to your hands, and then leap up while clapping your hands over your head.
In the next 5-minute exercise, a lady weighing 150 pounds on average will burn around 15 calories per minute while completing burpees.
- As many burpees as you can in the allotted 40 seconds.
- Five sets of repetitions after a 20-second break.
3. Indoor Cycling
The social setting of indoor cycling sessions makes you more inclined to go, and they are a great method to burn fat.
You’ll hold each other responsible and challenge one another to the maximum!
These classes use high-intensity interval training, which was created to increase metabolism and burn fat long after the session has ended.
Up to 48 hours after finishing the class, your metabolism will still be much higher, allowing you to continue burning fat even when at rest.
A 60-minute indoor cycling session will result in a lady weighing 120 pounds on average burning between 700 and 850 calories.
4. Jumping Rope
Athletes frequently utilize jump ropes to enhance their athletic ability.
They are quick workouts that will have you longing for the playground once more, and they burn more calories than running.
They are also incredibly simple to utilize in interval training, allowing you to keep burning calories as you get better and maintain losing weight.
Jump rope for 45 minutes can burn 563 calories for a lady weighing 150 pounds on average.
By adding quick jump roping intervals, followed by rest periods, you may easily boost the number of calories expended.
5. Weighted Incline Treadmill
Regular treadmill use won’t, of course, burn as many calories as jogging, but by simply adding weight and changing the inclination, you may outperform running in terms of calorie burn while putting less strain on your joints (especially knees).
Try this killer exercise for 26 minutes:
- Start with a five-minute, five percent incline, easy warm-up walk.
- Continue by raising the slope to 8% while carrying 5-pound weights in each arm (relaxed with your spine straight allowing your arms to move back and forward). Spend 5 minutes doing this.
- Put the weights down and begin your first recovery phase by walking for 2 minutes straight.
- Second 5-minute walk while carrying 5-lb weights at an inclination of 8%.
- Without an incline or weights, perform a second 2-minute recovery.
- Third 5-minute incline walks while carrying 5-lb weights.
- without an incline or weights, third 2-minute rest.
- final 5-minute steep walk while carrying 5-lb weights.
6. Rock Climbing
Due to rock climbing’s many advantages, indoor climbing gyms are sprouting up all over the nation.
Every muscle on your body, from your fingers to your toes, is used during rock climbing!
It’s also a fun approach to working out and burning calories that you can keep up with.
A 150-pound woman on average will burn about 600 calories when rock climbing for 45 minutes.
7. Rowing Machine
Because it requires the use of your complete body, rowing on a machine is one of the best activities for burning calories.
Your glutes, quads, hamstrings, biceps, triceps, back, shoulders, and core are all worked out.
More calories will be burned when you row more vigorously.
45 minutes of rowing will burn 474 calories for a lady weighing 150 pounds on average.
For the most effective workout, interval training is advised. The next time you’re at the gym, try this fantastic routine:
- initial 300 meters of warm-up.
- For 200 meters, row as swiftly as you can.
- 100 meters of slow rowing.
- For 200 meters, row as swiftly as you can.
- 100 meters of slow rowing.
- For 300 meters, row as quickly as possible.
8. Swimming
Since swimming puts relatively little strain on your joints, it’s an excellent alternative if you have joint issues.
Additionally, the workout works your arms, legs, and core completely.
Swimming may burn a lot of calories, depending on the effort.
If a lady weighing 150 pounds on average performs the butterfly stroke for 45 minutes, she will burn 600 calories; if she performs the breaststroke for 30 minutes, she will burn 563 calories.
You may swim in the water to burn even more calories since the current acts as resistance, making you work harder.
The Key? Consistency!
The key to success, like with any workout, is consistency.
The amazing thing about these activities is that they burn a lot of calories quickly, increasing your likelihood of consistency — especially given your hectic schedule.
You’ll lose weight if you come here often and keep working out. There are several possibilities available to you, so select one right away!